22-658ORDINANCE NO 22-658
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF DENTON, SECTIONS 28-41 THROUGH 28-82 AND 28-120 THROUGH28-122 BY REPEALING THE 2011 EDITION OF THE NATiONAL ELECTRIC CODE AND
ADOPTING THE 2020 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE, PROVIDING FORTHE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES; PROVIDING FORSEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR CONTINUATION OFPRIOR LAW; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION ANDESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the Health & Building Standards Commissionat its March 24, 2022 meeting, the City Council now finds it is in the best interests of public health,
safety, and welfare to repeal the 2011 edition of the National Electric Code and to adopt the 2020edition of the National Electric Code-. NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDA[NS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 28, Buildings and Building Regulations, Sections 28-4 1 through 28-
82, and 28-120 through 28-122 of the Denton Code of Ordinances are repealed in their entiretyand replaced with new Article V, Sections 28-41 through 28-45, to read as follows:
Sec. 28-41. 2020 National Electric Code adopted.
The National Electric Code. NFPA 70, 2021 edition, published by the National Fire
Protection Association, a copy of which shall be filed in the office of the city secretaryand available for public inspection, is hereby adopted, the same as if copied at length
herein, subject to the deletions and amendments enumerated in Section 28-42 through28-45
Sec. 28-42. Title. These regulations shall be known as the National Electric Code of City
of Denton, hereinafter referred to as “this code.”
Sec. 28-43. Work commencing before permit issuance. Any person who commenceswork requiring a permit on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing
system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to the required permit fees,
as set by the current schedule of fees adopted by ordinance of the City.
Sec. 28-44. Stop work orders. Upon notice from the code official that work that is being
done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner, such work
shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of
the property, or to the owner’s agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state
the conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency exists, the
code official shall not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any
person who shall continue any work on the system, in or about the structure after having
been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to performto remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable for a fee as set by the current
schedule of fees adopted by ordinance of the City.
Sec. 28-45. Means of Appeal.
HEALTH AND BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION
General. In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations
made by the building official, code official, or fire marshal relative to the application
and interpretation of the requirements of this Code and all other applicable codes of the
City of Denton. there shall be a health and building standards commission.
Limitations on authority. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the
true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly
interpreted. the provisions of this code do not fully apply or an equally good or better
form of construction is proposed. The health and building standards commission shall
not have authority to waive requirements of this code.
SECTION 2. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances is held invalid by any court. such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 3. All provisions of the ordinances of the City of Denton in conflict with the
provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed. The repeal of any ordinance or any portion thereofby the preceding text shall not affect or impair any act done or right vested or accrued or any
proceeding, suit or prosecution had or commenced in any cause before such repeal shall take effectand such shall remain in force for all intents and purposes as if such ordinance or part thereof so
repealed shall remain in force.
SECTION 4. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,be found guilty of a misdemeanor and fined a sum not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00)
for each violation. Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separateand distinct offense.
SECTION 5. Pursuant to Section 2.09(c) of the Charter for the City of Denton and Section214.218 of the Texas Local Government Code. this ordinance shall become effective on June 1
2022, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to bepublished t\vice in the Denton Record Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton,
Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage and approval
SECTION 6. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed
by prior law and the provisions of the Denton Code of Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the
offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
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passed and approved by
The motion to
seconded by
the following vote
re this ordinance was made by aeItthe ordinance wasad
Aye
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Nay Abstain Absent
Mayor Gerard Hudspeth:
Vicki Byrd, District 1 /
Brian Beck. District 2:t/
/Jesse Davis. District 3:
Alison Maguire, District 4:\/
Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5:y/
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:r’
PASSED AND APPROVED thi,, th, JIb day of Apd \_, 2022.
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:MACK REINWAND. CITY ATrORNEY
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